Tuesday, 4 March 2014

An award-winning news photo ...


Turkish Anadolu Agency’s photojournalist, Mosaab Elshamy, was given the Award of Excellence in the world’s most important media photo contests “Pictures of the Year International” (POYi).
Mosaab Elchamy won the award for a picture taken in Egypt during clashes between anti-coup protesters and Egyptian government forces. 
His photograph was also named one of the year’s best pictures by Time magazine and featured on the first page of the New York Times.
Pictures of the Year International (POYi) is the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism program in the world. POYi began as an annual competition for photojournalism in 1944, and is now an international professional development program for visual journalism. 
It is a non-profit, academic program dedicated to journalism education and professional development, affiliated with the Missouri School of Journalism.
Bernama and Anadolu are members of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA)

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